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Childlessness in Europe: Contexts, Causes, and Consequences

Table of Contents: “…The Differential Importance of Couple Dynamics for the Wellbeing of Childless Men and Women in the Netherlands: Renske Keizer & Katya Ivanova -- Fertility and Women’s Old-Age Income in Germany: Tatjana Mika & Christin Czaplicki -- Childlessness and Intergenerational Transfers in Later Life across Europe: Marco Albertini & Martin Kohli.…”
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CRISPR-based suppression drives for vector control

Table of Contents: “…Contents: The malaria problem and the mosquito vector -- Spreading a genetic modification in a population -- The molecular mechanism of gene drive -- Gene drive for population control -- Efficiency of CRISPR-based gene drives -- Gene drive disruption of mosquito fertility genes -- Targeting the doublesex gene leading to population suppression without development of resistance.…”
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Between homeland and motherland Africa, U.S. foreign policy, and Black leadership in America / by Tillery, Alvin B. (Alvin Bernard), 1971-

Table of Contents: “…: the paradox of Liberia's offerings -- His failure will be theirs : why the Black elite resisted Garveyism and embraced Ethiopia -- Protecting "fertile fields" : the NAACP and Africa during the Cold War -- The time for freedom has come : Black leadership in the age of decolonization -- We are a power bloc : the Congressional Black Caucus and Africa.…”
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Women, work, and politics the political economy of gender inequality / by Iversen, Torben

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A political economy approach to gender inequality -- The structure of patriarchy: how bargaining power shapes social norms and political attitudes -- The gender division of labor, or why women work double shifts -- Fertility -- Political preferences -- Gender and political careers: a comparative labor market analysis of female political representation -- Conclusions.…”
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Caesarean birth : the work of François Rousset in Renaissance France : a new treatise on hysterotomotokie or Caesarien childbirth / by Rousset, François

Table of Contents: “…Other more popular justifications -- part 6. On the fertility that remains after caesarean section.…”
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Microbes in agriculture and environmental development /

Table of Contents: “…Plant Microbe Association Leading to Sustainable Agro-Ecosystem -- Soil Quality Monitoring in Selected Regions of Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh and Rela Tionship of Microbes in Soil Fertility Management -- Biofertilizers in Boosting Agricultural Production -- Bio-fertilizers for Management of Soil, Crop and Human Health -- Crop Residue Burning and its Effects on Environments and Microbial Communities -- Bioconversion of Solid Organic Wastes and Molecular Characterization of Bacterial Population during the Decomposition Process -- Beneficial Soil Microflora for Enhancement in Crop Production and Nutritive Values in Oil Containing Nuts -- Fungal Amylases for Detergent Industry -- Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) Activity in Soil -- Nisin in Food Packaging -- Application of Genetically Engineered Microbes for Sustainable Development of Agro-Ecosystem -- Interaction Scenario of Insect -- Plant and Mycorrhizal Fungi -- Tannery Wastewater: a major source of residual organic pollutants and pathogenic microbes and their treatment strategies -- Role of Microbes in Bioremediation of Pollutants (Hydrocarbon) in Contaminated Soil.…”
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The evolutionary biology of human female sexuality by Thornhill, Randy

Table of Contents: “…Background and overview of the book -- Methodology -- Extended female sexuality -- The evolution of human mating systems and parental care -- Female ornaments and signaling -- The evolution of women's permanent ornaments -- Good genes and mate choice -- Estrus -- Women's estrus -- Women's estrus, pair-bonding, and extra-pair sex -- Concealed fertility -- Coevolutionary processes : men's counterstrategies and women's responses to them -- Reflections.…”
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Aneuploidy etiology, disorders and risk factors /

Table of Contents: “….] -- Somatic and germ cells spontaneous aneuploidy level in healthy fertile people / N. Zotova ... [et al.] -- Sperm aneuploidy and male fertility / El-Sayed A. …”
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Population and development / by Gould, W. T. S.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: population is a development issue -- Population and development : the core issues -- How population affects development : malthus and boserup -- How development affects population : demographic and mobility -- Mortality, disease and development -- Fertility, culture and development -- Migration and development -- Population age structures and development -- Human resource development : education, training and knowledge -- Population policies and planning -- Population futures -- References -- Index.…”

Demystifying anorexia nervosa an optimistic guide to understanding and healing / by Lucas, Alexander R., 1931-

Table of Contents: “…-- The signs of trouble -- What to expect in an evaluation -- Making the diagnosis -- Disorders that mimic anorexia nervosa -- Physiological effect of starvation and weight gain -- How is fertility affected? -- Bulima, bulima nervosa, and binge eating -- Treatment =-- Is recovery possible? …”
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Hippocratic recipes oral and written transmission of pharmacological knowledge in fifth- and fourth-century Greece / by Totelin, Laurence M. V.

Table of Contents: “…Oral transmission of medical knowledge and written recipes -- The history of the written catalogues of recipes -- Hippocratic recipes between home remedies and haute medecine -- Imports, geographical determinism, and influences : the use of exotic and luxury ingredients in the Hippocratic catalogues of recipes -- Fertility and sex : the symbolism attached to some of the ingredients of the Hippocratic gynaecological recipes -- Reading, studying, and using the Hippocratic catalogues of recipes -- The afterlife of Hippocratic recipes.…”
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Germans into Jews remaking the Jewish social body in the Weimar Republic / by Gillerman, Sharon, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…"As the family goes, so goes the nation" -- Constructing a Jewish body politic : declining fertility and the development of a Jewish population policy -- "A little state within a larger one" : the expansion of Jewish social work during the Weimar Republic -- Rescuing "endangered youths" : youth welfare and the project of bourgeois social reform -- "Trauma and transference" : war orphans shape a new Jewish nation.…”
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Soils of Malaysia /

Table of Contents: “…chapter 1 Climate, Ecosystem, Flora, and Fauna -- chapter 2 Geology and Hydrology -- chapter 3 Landuse for Agriculture in Malaysia -- chapter 4 Major Soil Type, Soil Classification, and Soil Maps -- chapter 5 Soil Properties (Physical, Chemical, Biological, Mechanical) -- chapter 6 Agricultural Soil Contamination -- chapter 7 Soil Fertility and Management of Malaysian Soils -- chapter 8 Future Soil Issues.…”
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Invisible giant Cargill and its transnational strategies / by Kneen, Brewster

Table of Contents: “…. : the numbers -- Origins, organization and ownership -- Policy advocacy and capitalist subsidies -- Creatures : feeding and processing -- Cotton, peanuts & malting -- Processing : oilseeds, soybeans, corn & wheat -- Invisible commodities -- E-commerce -- Coming and going : transport and storage -- A typical story : Canada and Mexico -- Fertilizer -- The West Coast -- Rivers of soy : South America -- Juice -- The 'Far East' -- Seeds -- Salt -- Only Cargill's Future?…”
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Money and modernity Pound, Williams, and the spirit of Jefferson / by Marsh, Alec, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Jeffersonian economics: debt and the production of value -- Three aspects of the Jeffersonian political aesthetic -- The virtues of distribution: a genealogy of Poundian economics -- Fertility rites/financial rites: Pound, Williams, and the political economy of sex -- Poesis versus production: the economic defense of poetry in the age of corporate capitalism -- Dewey, Williams, and the pragmatic poem -- Overcoming modernity: representing the corporation and the promise of pluralism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Environmental change and medicine by Viroj Wiwanitkit

Table of Contents: “…Environmental change in medicine : present concepts -- Vector and vector borne disease in situation of present environmental change -- Pathogens in environmental change : mutation to resistance -- Psychopathology responding to environmental change -- Focus on pregnancy and fertility in environmental change -- Environmental change : impact on maternal and child health -- Pediatric focus and immunization requirement -- Geriatric focus -- Global warming and medicine -- Nutritional concern in natural disaster -- Medical economics and political hot issues.…”
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Human aging and menopause

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Aging (senescence) our evolved life history -- Global maximum life expectancy -- Postmenopausal survival characterizes all human populations -- Longevity affects age at maturity across our primate order -- Comparing humans and chimpanzees -- Grandmother effects and the evolution of human life history -- What physiological mechanisms have slowed human aging? -- Age-specific fertility rates in humans & chimpanzees -- Overall mortality effects on age-specific variation.…”
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Reproductive Politics and the Making of Modern India / by Sreenivas, Mytheli

Table of Contents: “…Economies of Reproduction in an Age of Empire -- 2. Fertility, Sovereignty, and the Global Color Line -- 3. …”
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Soil Amendments for Sustainability : Challenges and Perspectives. by Rakshit, Amitava

Table of Contents: “…3.3 Global Framework of FBMP; 3.4 FBMP and Nutrient Use Efficiency; 3.5 Fertilizer Best Management Practices (FBMPs): Indian Perspective; 3.6 Practices for Best Management of Fertilizers; 3.6.1 Matching Nutrient Supply with Crop Requirements; 3.6.1.1 Soil Testing; 3.6.1.2 Plant Nutrient Analysis; 3.6.1.3 Establishing Realistic Yield Goals; 3.6.1.4 Nutrient Budgets; 3.6.1.5 GIS-Based Nutrient Management Approach; 3.6.1.6 DRIS: Concepts and Applications on Nutritional Diagnosis; 3.6.2 Application of Fertilizer.…”
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A courtship after marriage sexuality and love in Mexican transnational families / by Hirsch, Jennifer S.

Table of Contents: “…"Here with us", introduction to a transnational community -- From respeto (respect) to confianza (trust), changing marital ideals -- "Ya no somos como nuestros papas" (We are not like our parents) : companionate marriage in a Mexican migrant community -- Representing change : a methodological pause to reflect -- "En el norte la mujer manda" (In the north, the woman gives the orders) : how migration changes marriage -- Sexual intimacy in Mexican companionate marriages -- Fertility decline, contraceptive choice, and Mexican companionate marriages.…”
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