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Advanced endovascular therapy of aortic disease

Table of Contents: “…/ Kenneth Ouriel -- Management strategies, adjuncts, and technical tips to facilitate endovascular treatment of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms / Frank J. Veith ... …”
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The second messenger cyclic Di-GMP

Table of Contents: “…Guzmán -- Cyclic Di-GMP : using the past to peer into the future / Karen L. Visick and Alan J. Wolfe.…”
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Earth architecture by Rael, Ronald, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…. ; Extension for the Charcoal Burner's Hut / Smiljan Radic ; Cobtun House / Associated Architects ; Peñalolén House / Sur Tierra Arquitectura ; Handmade school / Heringer-Roswag Cooperation -- Afterword: The future.…”
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Fibromyalgia & other central pain syndromes /

Table of Contents: “…Horizon and Michael H. Weisman -- Future research directions / Leslie J. Crofford.…”
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Israel and Syria the military balance and prospects of war / by Cordesman, Anthony H.

Table of Contents: “…Prospects for peace or war : military developments after the Israeli-Hezbollah War -- Israeli and Syrian alarms and excursions in 2007 -- The prospects for war -- Major trends in force strength -- Israeli force quality versus Syrian force quantity -- Looking at a snapshot of total forces -- Comparative manpower quantity and quality -- Comparative land force strength : active versus mobilized strength -- Comparative land force manpower -- Armor and anti-tank weapons -- Artillery weapons -- Anti-aircraft weapons -- Comparative air strength : quality over quantity -- Comparative air force strength -- Air force manpower -- Air force aircraft, weapons, and technology -- Comparative land-based air defense forces -- Comparative naval strength : peripheral missions -- Shifts in the role of seapower -- Naval manpower -- Naval ships, weapons, and technology -- Total resources : recapitalization, force modernization, and impact on effectiveness -- Comparative trends in military expenditures -- Comparative trends in arms imports -- Recent deals : the importance of the US, Russia and Iran -- The military forces of Israel -- Israel's struggle to maintain its conventional "edge" -- Adapting to asymmetric wars -- Seeking to add an asymmetric "edge" to a conventional one -- Adapting to new threats while retaining conventional military strengths -- Trends in manpower and total force strength before the 2006 Lebanon war : active versus reserve forces -- Israeli defense planning after the 2006 Lebanon war -- Israeli land forces -- Israeli air forces -- Israeli land-based air defenses -- Israeli naval forces -- Israel's counterterrorism and internal security forces -- Israeli weapons of mass destruction and missile defenses -- The military forces of Syria -- Syria's long proxy war with Israel -- Internal stability, Alawite rule, and the Shi'ite crescent -- Syria's broader regional issues -- The trends in Syrian forces -- Syrian land forces -- Syrian air and air defense forces -- Syrian land-based air defenses -- Syrian naval forces -- Syrian paramilitary, security, and intelligence forces -- Syrian weapons of mass destruction -- War on the Golan Heights -- The strategic geography of the Golan Heights -- The new dimensions of the strategic geography of the Golan -- The UN peacekeeping force on the Golan -- Israeli positions on the Golan -- Syrian positions near the Golan -- A Syrian surprise attack or "grab for the Golan -- Israeli options against Syria -- Continuing external asymmetric wars -- Israel's "haves" versus Syria's "haves not" -- The possible impact of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- Gaming a future Israeli-Hezbollah conflict? -- The Iranian wild card.…”
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The biology of island floras

Table of Contents: “…Botanical gardens and the conservation of island floras Sara Oldfield; 21. The hazardous future of island floras Vernon H. Heywood; Index.…”
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Contemporary issues in heterodox economics : implications for theory and policy action /

Table of Contents: “…Dynamics versus Statistics: On the Nature of Heterodox and Orthodox Economics <BR><EM>Anders Ekeland</EM></P><P>2. The Past and The Future: The Philosophy and History of Economics, and the Emerging Risk Society<BR><EM>Jon Mulberg</EM></P><P>3. …”
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Biotech juggernaut : hope, hype, and hidden agendas of entrepreneurial bioscience / by Stevens, Tina, Newman, Stuart (Stuart A.)

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Biodiesel fuels based on edible and nonedible feedstocks, wastes, and algae : science, technology, health, and environment /

Table of Contents: “…Bio-oil Production from microalgae: Current status and future perspective.Shankha Koley, Sashi Sonkar, Nirupama Mallick 18. …”
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Anticipation and decision making in sport /

Table of Contents: “…Mark Williams -- Virtual environments and their role in developing perceptual-cognitive skills in sports / Rob Gray -- Training under pressure: current perspectives and future directions / David B. Alder, Joe Causer, and Jamie Poolton -- Transfer of expert visual-perceptual-motor skill in sport / Sean Müller and Simon M. …”
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Aid paradoxes in Afghanistan : building and undermining the state / by Bizhan, Nematullah

Table of Contents: “…-- Tax states -- Aid-dependent states -- The effects of oil revenue -- Distinction between aid and oil-revenue rentier effects -- Conclusion -- Reliance on external revenue : Afghanistan from 1747 to 2000 -- The society : an inheritance of history -- Relying on tribute for state building : the importance of external revenue to the Durrani empire (1747-1824) -- The Durrani empire ineffective tax system -- Subsidies and state building : the loss of tribute and search for alternative revenue (1824-1879) -- Institution building -- Consolidation of a modern buffer state (1880-1919) : the significance of subsidies and external military support -- And military administration -- State-society relations -- Amanullah Khan's reforms : the loss of subsidies, budget surplus and fiscal decline (1919-1929) -- Foreign aid and state building : reshaping the state building process (1929-1978) -- The rise of a weak aid-based rentier state -- Decline in foreign aid -- The state and the Mujahidin Tanzims (organizations) and sources of revenue : conflict in state-society relations (1978-2000) -- The Mujahidin government financial crises and Pakistani aid to the Taliban -- Conclusion -- Rebuilding an aid-based rentier state -- Establishing a new political order -- Building the state institutions -- Responding to the flow of aid -- Chaotic aid coordination : a challenge for state building -- Access to foreign aid : a prime focus -- Improving fiscal management -- Aid modality : undermining institution building -- Government preoccupation with foreign donors -- Relations at the administration level -- Relations in regard to senior appointments -- Conclusion -- Reforms and setbacks : rebuilding the revenue system -- State revenue sources -- Aiding the revenue reforms -- Reforming revenue policy and laws -- Reforming revenue administration -- Improving revenue infrastructure -- Confrontation and consultation -- Failing to enforce tax compliance -- Failing to prevent illegal taxation and extortion -- Ambiguity to end aid-dependency -- Fragmenting the tax system -- Conclusion -- Budget spending : fiscal fragmentation and patronage -- Some improvements in government budget transparency -- The citizen's role -- Underreported on-budget items -- Poor off-budget transparency -- Secret cash payments -- Conclusion -- Interactions between the state and society -- Reinforcing the state-society inherited gap -- Commanders -- Traditional actors -- Urban intelligentsia -- Reshaping the state-society relations -- Building and undermining the state -- Conclusion -- Conclusion : findings and implications -- Path dependency : Afghan state reliance on external revenue -- Building and undermining the state : Afghanistan after 9/11 -- Upward accountability to donors -- Creating a parallel public sector -- Paradoxical tax outcomes -- Divergence in state-society fiscal relations -- The future -- Implications fo externally aided state building.…”
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A New Year's Present from a Mathematician by Lawrence, Snezana

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Chinese economists on economic reform : collected works of Li Jiange / by Li, Jiange

Table of Contents: “…A debate on the relationship between planning and the market (1991) -- 2. "Futures" in China : theory, policy, and systems (February 20, 1994) -- 3. …”
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The Resilience Machine /

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Organisation of the Anthology; Animating Questions, Themes and the Future of Resilience Machines; Locating the Resilience Machine; Resilience as a Will to Knowledge/Control; Resisting Resilience Machines; Holding Out Hope for Resilience?…”
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HIP PRESERVATION TECHNIQUES

Table of Contents: “…Clinical uses of mesenchymal stem cellsManufacture of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells for use in clinical studies; Future perspectives for the use of mesenchymal stem cell-based therapy; References; 4. …”
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Environmental technology and engineering techniques : basic concepts and health interventions /

Table of Contents: “…Smirnov -- Primary health, smoking habit, and immunotherapy in cancer / Francisco Torrens and Gloria Castellano -- Reflections on (palaeo)climate/global changes : past/present/future / Francisco Torrens and Gloria Castellano -- Ethical issues in clinical research / Francisco Torrens and Gloria Castellano -- Deadly canine distemper : a global multispecies disease / V. …”
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Late-career Risks in Changing Welfare States : Comparing Germany and the United States since the 1980s / by Heisig, Jan Paul

Table of Contents: “…Conclusion; 9.1 Key findings: welfare regimes and the 'Great Risk Shift' revisited; 9.2 Implications and directions for future research.…”
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Gendered Temporalities in the Early Modern World /

Table of Contents: “…Coolidge and Lyndan Warner; Epilogue; 11 Navigating the future of early modern women's writing; Pedagogy, feminism, and literary theory; Michelle M. …”
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ASEAN Resistance to Sovereignty Violation : Interests, Balancing and the Role of the Vanguard State / by Southgate, Laura

Table of Contents: “…The arrival of Trump and Duterte -- interest divergence (2016 to present)Theoretical assessment of the South China Sea dispute: interest convergence theory; Contrasting theoretical arguments; 6. The Future of ASEAN Sovereignty?; Contending explanations for sovereignty violation in Southeast Asia; Vanguard state theory; Dynamics of state interaction; ASEAN, intervention and the responsibility to protect; References; Index…”
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Physics and the art of dance understanding movement / by Laws, Kenneth

Table of Contents: “…Io -- Physical Interactions between Partners I 1z -- Balance 113 -- Accelerating Motions 118 -- Final Poses 19 -- To the Next Step z12 -- 7 The Mechanics of Partnered Turns 124 -- Starting a Supported Pirouette 1z6 -- Balance during a Supported Pirouette 132 -- Stopping Rotation 134 -- Other Supported Turns 36 -- A Final Turn I39 -- 8 The Mechanics of Lifts 142 -- The Straight Lift 145 -- Other Front Lifts 5I -- Overhead Lifts 5 -- Other Lifts 59 -- Catches 62 -- A Final Thrust 62 -- 9 The Effects of Body Size 164 -- Height of a Vertical Jump 66 -- Entrechats 170 -- Horizontal Accelerations and Body Size 172 -- Body Size and Pirouettes 172 -- Adagio Movements 73 -- Body Size and Partnered Dance 74 -- Effects of Body Shape 175 -- A Final Comparison 175 -- 10 A Step Into the Future 178.…”
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