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Spatially integrated social science

Table of Contents: “…Spatial perspectives in public health / Anthony C. Gatrell and Janette E. Rigby. …”
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How capitalism was built the transformation of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia / by Åslund, Anders, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Incomes : differentiation and poverty. Life and health. Education adjusting to demand. Social transfers and pension reform. …”
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Educating nurses for leadership

Table of Contents: “…Evidence-based practice projects to demonstrate leader as expert and achiever / Betsy Frank -- Succession planning as a strategy to prepare future leaders / Helen Green -- Shadowing with a leader in health care: opportunity to increase leadership skills / Sheila Grossman -- Practicing delegation skills: the junior-senior experience / Janice Jones -- Preparing nurse leaders: an educational model / Deborah Rastinehad and Patricia Edwards -- Experiential learning opportunities: developing leadership skills in evidence based practice / Kay Sackett and Janice Jones -- Developing leaders through a capstone change project / Lucy Trice, Laura D'Alisera, and John Frank -- Developing leaders for developing nations / Sharon Weinstein.…”
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Soundings in Tibetan medicine anthropological and historical perspectives : PIATS 2003 : Tibetan studies : proceedings of the Tenth Seminar of the International Association for Tib...

Table of Contents: “…Himalayan medical encounters: the establishment of biomedicine in Tibet and in Indian exile / Alex McKay -- Integrating abstraction: modernising medicine at Lhasa's Mentsikhang / Vincanne Adams -- Sa cha 'di ma 'phrod na: displacement and traditional Tibetan medicine among Tibetan refugees in India / Audrey Prost -- Sherpa beliefs and western medicine: providing health care at Khunde Hospital, Nepal / Susan Heydon -- Bon lineage doctors and the local transmission of knowing medical practice in Nagchu / Mona Schrempf -- A crisis of confidence: a comparison between shifts in Tibetan medical education in Nepal and Tibet / Sienna Craig -- Making a medical living: on the monetisation of Tibetan medicine in Spiti / Florian Besch -- The land of milk and barley: medicinal plants, staple foods, and discourses of subjectivity in Rgyal thang / Denise Glover -- Engaging the subtle body: re-approaching bla rituals in the Himalaya / Barbara Gerke -- Spirit causation and illness in Tibetan medicine / Geoffrey Samuel -- 'Life-wind illness' in Tibetan medicine: depression, generalised anxiety, and panic attack / Eric Jacobson -- Tibetan medicine and the classification and treatment of mental illness / Colin Millard -- 'Magical movements' ('phrul 'khor) in the Bon tradition and possible applications as a CIM therapy / M. …”
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Las mujeres en la pobreza /

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Deleuze and the Passions /

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Biopesticides in organic farming : recent advances /

Table of Contents: “…Overview of organic farming with special reference to biopesticides -- The principles of the application of biopesticides in organic farming -- Impact of Environmental factors on biopesticides in organic farming -- Opportunities and challenges in the application of biopesticides in organic farming -- Impact of crop protection strategies with biopesticides in long sustainable organic agriculture -- Strategies for the application of biopesticides in crop protection -- Pesticides exposure impacts on human health and need of biopesticides in organic farming -- Microbial agents as biopesticides for nutrient management in organic agriculture -- Bacillus thuringiensis: characterization of new strains and use as bioinsecticide to Spodopterafrugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in southern Brazil -- Management of fungal diseases of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L) through plant growth promoting actinobacteria and their secondary metabolites -- The role of plant growth promoting bacteria in sustainable plant disease management -- Killing bacteria as agents of insect pests control -- Biological control of pests using Bacillus thuringiensis -- Crop protection through fungal bio-pesticides -- An endeavor of modern organic agriculture -- Management of the diseases vegetable crops through fungal Bio-pesticides -- Usage of Entomopathogenic viruses for insect pests control -- Viral biopesticides : an ecofriendly nonchemical approach for the management for insect pests in crops -- A modern weapon in organic agriculture -- Management of crop diseases through viral Bio-pesticides -- Crop disease control through application of algal Bio-pesticides -- alternate route map in organic farming -- Entomopathogenic protozoa roles in the management of insect pest populations -- Protozoan bio-pesticides: A new horizon in organic farming -- Management of fungal diseases of crops through plant based natural products and biopesticides -- Management of fungal diseases of crop plants through biopesticides -- Management of bacterial diseases of crops through plant-based natural biopesticides -- Management of insect pests of Cola nitida and C. acumunata Schott and Endl Nuts (Balanogastris kolae and Sophrorhinus spp (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) with plant based natural products -- Natural plant products as potential synthentic insecticide alternatives in developing countries of tropical african regions -- Traditional way of store grain pest control through bio-pesticides -- Botanical pesticides for organic farming and sustainable agriculture -- Management of crop diseases through botanical bio-pesticides -- an easiest arsenal of crop protection in organic agriculture -- Management of insect pests causing diseases in crops through biopesticides of insect sex Hormones origin -- Management of the pest of crops through insect sex pheromones -- Biological control of harmful forest insects: the biological efficiency of microbial insecticides and possibility of their application in forest ecosystems -- Role of natural enemies and bio-pesticides for sustainable management of major insect pests of legumes -- Conservative biological control: definitions, bases and practices -- Management of insect pests of crops through entomopathogenic nematodes -- Biological pest control in different crops using Trichogramma pretiosum -- Biological control of mite pests in organic farming -- Management of the diseases of crops through parasitoids bio-pesticides; family Eulophidae -- Management of Diatreae spp. through parasitoids -- Challenges in the applied use of parasitoids to control agricultural pests -- Microbial inoculants for insect pest management in organic agriculture -- Management of the diseases of crops through microbial bio-pesticides -- Quality control of fungal biocontrol agents with emphasis on Trichoderma -- Integrated insect pest management in major legume crops -- Integrated insect pest management of economically important crops -- IPM: concepts, practices and advances focused on organic crops -- Integrated pest management against arthropod pests of cannabis sativa in the United States of America -- Recent advances in the Integrated insect pest management strategies for controlling insect pest diseases at Morocco -- Biopesticides Weapons against agricultural mite pests -- Biotechnological trends in insect pests control strategy -- Challenges in the popularization of Biopesticides in organic farming -- Constraints and challenges in popularizing biopesticides -- Certification process and standards of organic farming -- Marketing and export potential of the organic products.…”
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The digital gaming handbook /

Table of Contents: “…Analyzing games with the AGE and 6-11 frameworks / Roberto Dillon -- Designing player interdependence to enhance players' social experience in multiplayer games / Katharina Emmerich -- Game accessibility : getting started / Thomas Westin, Ian Hamilton, Barrie Ellis -- Gamification for good : addressing dark patterns in gamified UX design / Ole Goethe -- The social media game : how gamification shapes our social media engagement / Dayana Hristova, Barbara Goebl, Suzana Jovicic, Thomas Slunecko -- Games for health / Andres Adolfo Navarro-Newball -- F2P mobile game design fundamentals / Simon Rozner -- Evergreen game design principles / Roberto Dillon -- Architectural spaces and level design in modern games / Christopher Totten -- Encouraging and rewarding repeat play of storygames / Alex Mitchell -- How we make mobile work : an indie perspective / James Barnard -- The development and UI design of an interactive game map / Tomasz Zawadzki, Slawomir Nikiel, Korneliusz Warszawski, Slawomir Krezel -- Challenges in designing and implementing a vector based 2D animation system / Jiang Jie, Seah Hock Soon, Liew Hong Ze, Chen Quan -- Best practices in pixel art / Cindy Lee -- Making sound decisions in game audio / Gwen Guo -- Making it real / Justing Ng, Andre' Pong -- Player locomotion in virtual reality games / Andrey Krekhov, Katharina Emmerich -- Working everywhere and nowhere : rules for a virtual office / Allan Simonsen -- A short summary of mobile games' history / Simon Rozner -- Retrogaming as a form of digital preservation : a cultural and technological approach / Marco Accordi Rickards, Micaela Romanini, Guglielmo De Gregori -- Diversity in games : how and why? …”
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Pesticide contamination in freshwater and soil environs : impacts, threats, and sustainable remediation /

Table of Contents: “…Environmental and Pesticide Pollution / Hilal Ahmad Ganaie -- Pesticide Contamination in Water: Perspectives and Concerns / Nowsheeba Rashid, Amir Hussain Dar, and Ifra Ashraf -- Use of Pesticides in Agriculture: Impacts on Soil, Plant and Human Health / Zia Ur Rahman Farooqi, Abdul Kareem, Muhammad Ashar Ayub, Muhmmad Mahroz Hussain, Nukshab Zeeshan, and Muhammad Tahir Shehzad -- Pesticide Pollution: Management and Challenges / Suraj Negi, Aishwarya Rani, Allen H. …”
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Labor Education for Women Workers /

Table of Contents: “…Subjects and materials -- Labor history through field trips / William Adelman -- Training women for political action / Donna Mobley -- Grievance handling for women stewards / Ida Torres -- Occupational health and safety for women workers : some teaching models / Janet Bertinuson and Andrea M. …”
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Green Voices : Defending Nature and the Environment in American Civic Discourse /

Table of Contents: “…: The Aesthetics of Environmental Exceptionalism / Anne Marie Todd -- A Call to Partnership, Health, and Pure Fire : A Vital Vision of the Future in Aldo Leopold's "The Farmer as a Conservationist" Address / Melba Hoffer -- "Conserving Not Scenery, But the Human Spirit" : The Environmental Oratory of Sigurd Olson / C. …”
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Green Voices : Defending Nature and the Environment in American Civic Discourse /

Table of Contents: “…: The Aesthetics of Environmental Exceptionalism / Anne Marie Todd -- A Call to Partnership, Health, and Pure Fire : A Vital Vision of the Future in Aldo Leopold's "The Farmer as a Conservationist" Address / Melba Hoffer -- "Conserving Not Scenery, But the Human Spirit" : The Environmental Oratory of Sigurd Olson / C. …”
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Labor Education for Women Workers /

Table of Contents: “…Subjects and materials -- Labor history through field trips / William Adelman -- Training women for political action / Donna Mobley -- Grievance handling for women stewards / Ida Torres -- Occupational health and safety for women workers : some teaching models / Janet Bertinuson and Andrea M. …”
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Combating micronutrient deficiencies food-based approaches /

Table of Contents: “….] -- Developing micronutrient-rich snacks for pre-conception and antenatal health : the Mumbai Maternal Nutrition Project (MMNP) / Devi Shivashankaran ... …”
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Enduring legacies ethnic histories and cultures of the Colorado borderlands /

Table of Contents: “…Garcia -- When Geronimo was asked who he was, he replied, I am an Apache / Helen Girón -- Institutionalizing curanderismo in Colorado's cmmunity mental health system / Ramon Del Castillo -- Finding courage : the story of the struggle to retire the Adams State Indian / Matthew Jenkins -- Pedagogical practices of liberation in Abelardo "Lalo" Delgado's movement poetry / Miriam Bornstein-Gómez -- (Re)constructing Chicana movimiento narratives at CU Boulder, 1968-1974 / Elisa Facio -- Running the gauntlet : Francisco "Kiko" Martínez and the Colorado martyrs / Adriana Nieto -- Toward a critical theory of the African American West / Reiland Rabaka.…”
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Oral microbial communities genomic inquiry and interspecies communication /

Table of Contents: “…Tettelin and Mogens Kilian -- Biological implications of the Streptococcus sanguinis genome / Todd Kitten, Lauren Senty Turner, and Ping Xu -- Actinomyces oris fimbriae : an adhesive principle in bacterial biofilms and tissue tropism / Hung Ton-That, Asis Das, and Arunima Mishra -- Insights into genus veillonella in the genomics era -- Fusobacteria : bridging between health and disease : a metatranscriptomic approach / Gilad Bachrach, Shunit Coppenhagen-Glazer, and Itamar Simon -- The Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans genome : diversity of pathogenic potential / Knud Poulsen, Hervé Tettelin, and Mogens Kilian -- Porphyromonas gingivalis : the role of surface structures in virulence and biofilm development / Mary Ellen Davey, Heike Boisvert, and Annette Arndt -- Genome functions of Tannerella forsythia in bacterial communities / Ashu Sharma -- Treponomics : Treponema denticola genome and functions / J. …”
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Environmental chemistry and toxicology of mercury

Table of Contents: “…Khan).Chapter 17. Human Health Significance of Dietary Exposures to Methylmercury (Anna L. …”
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Asian American studies now a critical reader /

Table of Contents: “…Chinese exclusion and the origins of American gatekeeping / Erika Lee -- Public health and the mapping of Chinatown / Nayan Shah -- The secret Munson Report / Michi Nishiura Weglyn -- Asian American struggles for civil, political, economic, and social rights / Sucheng Chan -- Out of the shadows: camptown women, military brides, and Korean (American) communities / Ji-Yeon Yuh -- The Cold War origins of the model minority myth / Robert G. …”
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Risk assessment tools, techniques, and their applications /

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Simulated patient methodology : theory, evidence and practice /

Table of Contents: “…Murtagh -- Simulated patient methodology and the discourses of health professional education / Nancy L. McNaughton and Brian Hodges -- Preparation : developing scenarios and training for role portrayal / Debra Nestel, Carol Fleishman and Margaret Bearman -- Simulated patients as teachers : the role of feedback / Debra Nestel, Margaret Bearman and Carol Fleishman -- Teaching and learning physical examination skills with simulated patients / Anna K. …”
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